If it weren’t for a friend’s gentle push, I would have gone back to the car and swapped out my macro lens for my walk around lens. I’m so glad she persuaded me to use the macro. It’s a great lens: 105 mm, 2.8, Sigma; and I hardly use it because there’s always a slight breeze.

Karen taught me to increase my ISO so I could shoot at a faster shutter speed, and I got amazing results. I’ll be using that lens more because I do love macro photography. Although the WPA Rock Garden is a small area, we were shooting for about 2 hours!

This was my last time out shooting because we needed to prepare for our trip to Glacier National Park. Right now I’m exhausted. We packed the trailer today, except for refrigerated food in triple digits. I did try to do a lot during the morning. This is our first vacation since our 2013 cross country trip. We’re also going to be in Idaho for the solar eclipse, and in a great vantage spot. We’ll be attaching my D3100 to a small telescope, so wish me luck. I have a couple of days to practice. Richard will be using his sun scope to capture images.

After that, we’ll head into Oregon to visit my older granddaughter. I’m so looking forward to this trip. And, yes, I’m bringing my macro lens with me.

Images from the WPA Rock Garden.

Inside the flower.

The lens can get a nice shallow Depth of Field.

My only California Poppy for the season.

An unusual tree by the pond.

Just stretching!

The pond.

The back of a flower.

I was experimenting with depth of field. How much sharpness could I get.

Crisp and clear. This was a tiny flower.

Daisy in detail.

A rose bud.

Water drop, shadow and reflection.

I don’t know what this flower is, but it’s beautiful.

Another shallow depth of field with a water drop.

I loved the color in this plant.

I’m guessing purple was the color for the day.

Flower power.